The Boeing 787 is one of the most popular planes among airlines and passengers today as new routes featuring the passenger jet are opened. Recently, American Airlines Group took delivery of its first Boeing 787. In this article I’ll look at where it is flying and what the Boeing 787 program means for this major […]

Boeing Co. has lined up buyers for 10 of the early, overweight 787 Dreamliners whose years in storage made them emblems of the jet’s factory woes and a drag on profit, people with knowledge of the plans said. The planes, dubbed “terrible teens” for their assembly struggles and their places near the start of the […]

American Airlines has delivered a small gift to fans of Boeing’s advanced jet, the 787 Dreamliner. The airline announced routes Wednesday for the first 787s to join American’s fleet. “Nice to have another U.S. airline with a 787, finally,” aviation enthusiast and frequent flier Jason Rabinowitz tweeted to CNN. Since 2012, United has been the […]

The 787 Dreamliner program is Boeing’s most ambitious project in recent times, as for the first time, carbon composite parts have been used to build an aircraft. Carbon composites help lower the plane’s weight and can save fuel worth millions for the airlines. Everyone expected airline companies to lap up these birds, and Boeing to […]

American Airlines will debut its new Boeing 787-8 aircraft on flights to Beijing and Buenos Aires from its Dallas/Fort Worth hub in June. The Dreamliner will enter service on flights between Dallas/Fort Worth International and Chicago O’Hare International airports on 7 May before shifting to the Fort Worth, Texas-based carrier’s new Dallas/Fort Worth-Beijing flight on […]

Last week, American Airlines became the second US carrier to take delivery of the next-generation Boeing 787 aircraft. The aircraft principally uses composite material in its construct, making it lighter weight and less expensive to fly than earlier-generation widebodies. So far, United Airlines has been the only other US carrier to receive a 787. Forget […]

American Airlines representatives were in Seattle on Thursday so they could check out and do the acceptance flight of American’s first Boeing 787, a.k.a., the Dreamliner. American provided a couple of photos of that first airplane as company representatives looked it over. Here’s what AA told employees on the airline’s weekly Arrivals newsletter: This afternoon, […]

It’s true that Boeing’s order backlog for the Boeing 747 has dwindled to just 39 aircraft, as of the end of November. Moreover, Boeing only sold 2 747s during 2014, and both of those sales were offset by order cancellations. However, there is still a niche market where the 747 makes sense for airlines. The […]

Ten years ago, the boss of Qatar Airways, which received its first new A350 jet this week, warned Airbus it was flying off course. Boeing was knocking on his door with a “ superefficient” jet boasting 30 percent fuel savings, thanks to a carbon-composite design. In Toulouse, some Airbus engineers, riding high after overtaking Boeing […]

In recent years, so much has been going on in the world of commercial aviation that putting together a “top 10 events” forecast has been easy — major new airplane programs have been announced, airline consolidation has taken place and disputes between China and Europe over carbon emissions have held major airplane orders hostage. Not […]